New Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp announced the first five members of his coaching staff on Sunday in an official statement from the University of Florida.

Muschamp decided to retain current Florida running backs coach/recruiting coordinator Stan Drayton, linebackers coach/special teams coordinator D.J. Durkin and tight ends coach Brian White. He also confirmed that former Gators pass catcher Aubrey Hill had been hired as wide receivers coach and announced that former Auburn TigersAll-SEC first team cornerback Travaris Robinson will coach the defensive backs.

“I thought it was important to have some continuity in the staff – D.J., Stan and Brian bring that to the table,” Muschamp said. “They are also solid recruiters. Aubrey is obviously a Gator, and it’s always a plus when you have someone coach at their alma mater. He understands the passion and the expectations here, and I know he is excited to return to Gainesville.

“Travaris worked on our staff and Auburn is a winner. He has competed at the highest level in this sport and is a good young coach with strong ties to the South Florida area, which will benefit us in recruiting.”

A Miami, FL native, Hill is a Gators alum who played for head coach Steve Spurrier from 1991-94 when Florida won their first three Southeastern Conference Championships. He served as a graduate assistant under Spurrier from 1996-98 and has coached wide receivers since 1999 including stints at Duke (1999-2003), Elon (2004), Pittsburgh (2005-07) and Miami (2008-10). He served as the Hurricanes recruiting coordinator only for the 2010 season.

Robinson is a four-time letterwinner for Auburn (1999-2002) who played two years in the NFL and worked as a graduate assistant under Muschamp when he was the Tigers’ defensive coordinator. Also a native of Miami, he coached at Western Kentucky (2008) and Southern Miss (2009) before being hired to the Texas Tech Red Raiders staff as an assistant secondary coach by former Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville.

Offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Steve Addazio, who has been hired as head coach of the Temple Owls, will be replaced by Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Charlie Weis with an announcement expected for Monday. Associate head coach and defensive line coach Dan McCarney left the team before its bowl game to take the top job with the North Texas Mean Green.

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*McCarney was also assistant head coach; Heater held the role of co-defensive coordinator.

We have too much young talent in our secondary to have a coach with barely any experience. I’m sure he’s a great recruiter but who’s going to teach technique. It seems like Muschamp is only hiring high-energy recruiters on the defensive side. The coaching staff needs some balance

Thanks Adam, that’s good to hear. I kept thinking Muschamp specialized with LB’s since he coached them at Texas, and forgot that he played safety in college. Great staff. Dan Quinn would make it even better

I know he will want to make this his team, but i hope he
doesnt change some fo the tradition. Like for instance the UF vs
FSU game at the end of the season. I know jimbo want to move and
meyer didnt. kind of a small point just somthing i would like not
to happen. I’m excited for the upcoming season.

I read what was written about Muschamp coaching DB’s but you have to wonder how that conversation with Heater happened? Was Heater looking for more of a role than the DB’s coach? You look at the long list of talent that he’s coached and what he did with guys like Nelson, Ryan Smith, that entire 07 class…..wow. He’s a hell of a coach. No doubt that decision has more of a story behind it.

Dosent matter
what we want. None of us know jack crap. Will knows what he wnts. We are
and never have been In position of evaluation. That is a problem with Gator Nation everyone
thinks
they
know football but they would know the difference between a 0 techniqe and a 5
technique. Just cheer and keep
your
fricken football knowledge checked
in at the door.
You
don’t know jack.
Most
of you
have never put your
hand in the dirt

LOL….Wingtee….Can’t help but laugh at your comment.
Having said that, (generally) no one is evaluating anything. No one
(generally) disagrees with the coach. From what I’ve read the
comments are only stating that Heater is a hell of a coach. You
don’t need to have had your fingers in the dirt to know
that.

Adam, any word on Wilder Jr.’s feelings on the Gators and
the new pro style offense? That kid and Driskel would be quite the
pro style package. Also, I read that we are not even in Jernigans
top 3 anymore? I thought we had him.

I don’t think Durkin will be LB coach. We have 3 openings,
OL,DL, and QB. Muschamp said he wanted a dedicated Special Teams
Coordinator, so if Weis handles QB’s, that means we can get a LB
coach. Then either the DL or LB coach could also be DC. I am
surprise that we have only 1 coach for CB’s and Safeties but
Muschamp will probably help out there.

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